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Windows XP partition manager
peter-h:
I need to resize a partition inside a VMWARE winXP VM.
For some weird reason every "win XP" tool online is actually a win7+ one. I spent hours on this and everything seems to be just clickbait :)
I can resize the VMWARE disk easily but then need to adjust the logical drive size inside that. XP itself cannot resize disks.
Thank you for any pointers...
antenna:
Back in my XP days, I remember using a program called Paragon Hard Disk Manager, but it was an old version, not what they have available now. Probably still on my server somewhere, but I don't recall what I paid for my copy (if you know what I mean). Not sure about the functionality and compatibility of the newer versions.
Another windows disk tool, one that I currently use to image/clone entire operating system disks, is Macrium Reflect. I am not sure if it would work on windows XP, but it may be worth looking into. I can't remember if this one resized partitions or not.
I used to keep an XP operating system handy for programming old motorola radios like the m1225, then I learned how to run the old 16 bit stuff on windows 7, so I abandoned it. Although honestly, the details on how I did it are a bit fuzzy now. I only mention it in case your XP needs were similar to mine, as it is possible. I even had the windows 95 calculator working in windows 7 lol
antenna:
I thought diskpart (inside windows, using cmd) could make partitions bigger if there was free space available. I don't think it could shrink them, but I sure thought it could make them bigger.
peter-h:
According to this https://neosmart.net/wiki/diskpart/ it cannot resize.
I'd be happy with any old program - it will get used only once :)
It is weird that I can't find something online.
Kean:
An older version of Partition Wizard Free Edition should support XP. Pretty sure they supported XP until only a few major versions ago.
I have some downloads on my NAS from a while back - e.g. v4.2 from 2010 or v9 from 2015.
Here is a mention of it supporting XP from 5 years ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/windows/comments/g9pyv0/shrinking_windows_xp_c_partition/
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